We can't find the internet
Attempting to reconnect
Something went wrong!
Hang in there while we get back on track
Ferriss: what he would still recommend
Asked whether The 4-Hour Body holds up after 40, Tim Ferriss said there is "very little in that book that I would rescind or revise" . He still uses the slow-carb diet and calls it "one of my top picks" . He pointed people to his free blog post "How to lose 100 lb on the slow carb diet," which he calls "the simplest, most reliable diet for recomposition." His reason: "the best diet that you follow is a lot better than the perfect diet that you quit" . His one caveat is policosanol, part of the book's PEG supplement stack. He says he would need to look again at research not funded by industry .
He also made three picks for a new parent:
- Terry Real's audiobook Fierce Intimacy. He calls Real "a beacon of clarity in a world of hand-wavy relationship advice." It is audio only, with no print or Kindle version. He would pick it over Crucial Conversations .
- Jerzy and Aniela Gregorek's The Happy Body (book and program). Naval Ravikant introduced him to them. The couple, now in their 60s, credit most of their abilities to its daily exercise routine. He says the equipment should cost under $50 .
- Coach Chris Sommer's Gymnastic Strength Training (GST). He calls it "phenomenal" bodyweight training that needs only a floor. Combining GST, The Happy Body and acro yoga put him in the best shape he has been in for decades .
Rabois: Stebbings' BoxGroup conversation
Keith Rabois called Harry Stebbings' conversation with David Tisch an "Excellent conversation" . Stebbings says he had been wrong to doubt that a portfolio of 150+ companies with a $200M+ fund could produce outsized returns. He calls the episode an analysis of BoxGroup's returns over the years . Takeaways from the conversation, as Stebbings summarized them:
- Concentrated funds claim to win 90% of the deals they want, but Tisch puts the real figure at about 20% .
- Dilution in fast-scaling Series B–D rounds is now 3%–8%, down from 12%–20% .
- BoxGroup has stopped funding consumer brands at seed .
Garry Tan: Freda Duan's robotics report
Garry Tan shared Freda Duan's "10 Spicy Takes After Talking to 50 Friends at the Frontier of Robotics" with the line "Practical robotics is nigh" . Duan argues that Astra is "robotics' GPT-3 moment." In her view, robotics is becoming "just another vertical for frontier labs," and the next bottleneck is deployment rather than intelligence . She says the takes are meant "to spark debate," since Astra has been out only about a month. The full report is on Robonomics .
O'Shaughnessy: his conversation with Cliff Sosin
Patrick O'Shaughnessy re-promoted his conversation with investor Cliff Sosin, whom he calls one of his favorite people "to call, ask some big questions, and then shut up and listen" . The new clip is Sosin's "diamond-shaped demand frontier" argument. He sees few use cases for "super elite intelligence," while "very good intelligence is highly competitive and commoditized" . The episode also covers who profits from AI and why Sosin is comfortable with 80% of his portfolio in Carvana .
Shorter picks
- Ryan Hoover called a podcast billed as John McAfee's last interview a "Fascinating convo about self-reliance, love, and Crisco" . @cyantist, whose amateur show recorded it during the pandemic, adds a warning: "don't listen to this around kids." Listen on Spotify .
- Keith Rabois suggested following @RealSKeshel and @PatrickRuffini "for rigorous analysis of elections." He describes Keshel as optimistic about GOP prospects and Ruffini as more pessimistic .
- Ben Horowitz shared a YouTube conversation as "A conversation amongst legends." He tagged Paid In Full, Roxanne Shanté, West Coast Doc and QD3, but gave no further context .
- Tim Ferriss says he still stands by nearly all of The 4-Hour Body, especially its Slow Carb Diet, which remains one of his top picks; he points readers to a free, photo-rich blog post, “How to Lose 100 lb on the Slow Carb Diet,” as a guide. His caveat is the policosanol in the book’s PEG supplement stack, whose evidence he says he would need to reassess. For more on intermittent keto, he also directs listeners to metabolic psychiatry or his interview with Chris Palmer of Harvard, saying keto helps him optimize and stabilize energy production.
- For relationship advice, Ferriss recommends Terry Real’s audiobook Fierce Intimacy, praising Real’s clarity and experience and the audiobook’s coverage of his core principles and strategies; he says he would choose it over Crucial Conversations, which he also suggests.
- Ferriss recommends Jerzy and Aniela Gregorek’s The Happy Body book and program, saying they credit their physical abilities to its daily exercise sequence and that it requires very little equipment. He also points to Coach Chris Sommer’s Gymnastic Strength Training (GST), calling it phenomenal bodyweight training that needs little more than a floor; he says he was in the best shape of his life in decades when combining GST with The Happy Body and acro yoga.
Jason Lemkin shared the latest CRO Confidential conversation featuring Databricks CRO Ron Gabrisko and Sam Blond, CEO of MonacoGTM, linking to the full video and a SaaStr write-up. The clip highlights Gabrisko’s view that sales staff should spend 60% of their time in front of customers and have AI automate the rest, with Monday and Friday for AI/admin work and Tuesday through Thursday for customer visits.
Keith Rabois called the linked conversation “Excellent” and pointed readers to Harry Stebbings’s post . Stebbings described the conversation as an analysis of BoxGroup’s returns over the years; the post discusses David Tisch’s venture portfolio and topics including diversified funds, seed investing, pro rata, dilution, and consumer-brand funding .
Tobi calls bot-based shopping “such a great experience” and recommends doing holiday shopping in bots, advising readers to get any needed skills from shop.md first. The referenced example is Muse shopping using friends’ handles and a connected Shop Pay account.
Keith Rabois recommends following @RealSKeshel and @PatrickRuffini for rigorous election analysis, describing Keshel as optimistic about GOP prospects and Ruffini as more pessimistic.
Patrick O’Shaughnessy spotlights a video conversation with investor Cliff Sosin, describing Sosin as one of his favorite people to call with big questions and listen to; the conversation covers AI and investing, among other topics. In a clip from that conversation, Sosin argues that demand for frontier AI may narrow as models get smarter: very good intelligence could be widely useful but commoditized, while super-elite intelligence may have few use cases. Full conversation.
Garry Tan shared Freda Duan’s post “10 Spicy Takes After Talking to 50 Friends at the Frontier of Robotics,” framing it as “Practical robotics is nigh.” The post presents ten takes based on conversations with 50 people at the frontier of robotics and links a full diligence report.
Aravind Srinivas shared Computer’s unofficial GTA VI map, which pairs fan-identified Florida locations with Leonida landmarks and lets users compare the maps and explore Leonida in 3D (try it).
Jason Lemkin (@jasonlk) points readers to a free “AI Sales Agents” guide at the AI Agents Playbook, in the context of sharing more information about “all our AI agents”; he gives no specific reason for recommending the guide .
Ben Horowitz shared a YouTube conversation, describing it as “A conversation amongst legends,” and tagged @paidinfullorg, @ImroxanneShante, @WESTCOASTDOC, and @QD3; the post does not clearly identify a creator or give a specific takeaway. [https://youtu.be/VDsQDZIaKhA?si=mMKXyTYpzOXfH8UO]
Ryan Hoover says he recently listened to a “fascinating” conversation about self-reliance, love, and Crisco . The linked podcast episode shared by @cyantist is described as the last interview with John McAfee before his death; listen on Spotify .
Elon Musk linked and affirmed @dvorahfr’s X post with “It is,” endorsing its argument that becoming multiplanetary is necessary and its hope that humanity will prepare for life on the Moon and then Mars.
Aravind Srinivas highlighted Computer’s interactive globe of Earth’s deep-time geography, linking the AskPerplexity post and prompting, “Computer, visualize earth across 400M years.” The visualization uses 14 open datasets and lets users explore past geography by moving through a timeline or entering a city; Srinivas gives no explicit reason for sharing it.
Guillermo Rauch praised Formula 1 as “the perfect competition for our times,” citing its celebration of extraordinary technology and human ability; he linked Vercel’s post and video about Kimi Antonelli’s championship, presented there as a chance to “watch history.”